I like David Bowie. He's one of my favourite performers from the 70s. and the 80s for that matter. I have very fond memories of putting on Station to Station. What an amazing track. The long train intro is pretty cool and then the song just starts to slow kick in and then half-way through the track BAM! it hits. The song really grooves. It ceases to be a ballad and becomes this true rockin' tune.
Sound of Silver sounds like Bowie. I love it. It's the equivalent of Bowie mating with Underworld. Just fantastic. I usually hate repetitive - for instance my disdain for modern rap with it's same sampled hook being repeated over and over and over and over. I like the repetitive here. Like mid-range Underworld, but, I digress.
"Innocuous" is this brilliant little song that just sounds like Bowie, hell, he might actually be singing on it. I wouldn't know. As for the rest of the tunes they remind me of my college days - when all these bands were coming out with the leading the title. Like the Hives, the Shins, the Coral, the Strokes . . . all of which are trying to reopen the post-punk days of ole. Remember Television, Elvis Costello? These bands have that spirited vocalist singing with spunky inflection and waxing witticisms. The vocalist of LCD Soundsystem reminds me of these singers. "North American Scum" just says it all. I. Love. It. I could dance to this stuff all day . . . unfortunately, most Americans cannot dance to this stuff. They need bland R&B. Blah. I like this stuff. Just Fun. The pop melodies are there but they are put over these EBM (Electronic Body Movement) Industrial Dance sounding screechings. It mixes really well.
Wow, this review is all over the place. All these references that sound pretentious. Tehehehe.
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